AUSTRALIAN.
Melboubne, March 6.
As the turret ship Cerebus was practising yesterday afternoon, near the rip in Port Phillip, she was suddenly blown up by a torpedo. Five men on board were blown to atoms, but one was saved. Melbourne, This day. Tlio Cerberus AccidentLatek.
The following correction is rendered necessary by the mutilation of the Melbourne telegram; for news as sent, read :—" As the turret ship Cerberus was practising yesterday afternoon in Port Phillip one of her gigs, which was out, was suddenly blown to atoms but one man escaped." Further Particulars. The details regarding the Cerebus disaster states that the gig left the ship at the heads to explode a charge, and that during the preparations an oar fouled the wire, and although the battery was not connected aa explosion was caused, as already reported the boat and all its occupants save one were blown to atoms. It is understood that the Go- , yernment has resolved strongly to resist at the present time Murray-Smith's motion for a conference on the Reform Bill. , Melbourne, Saturday.
The third day's racing of the Victoria Racing Club Autumn Meeting took place this afternoon at Fleming ton. Newmarket Handicap, £ of a mile, was won by Aspen easily in Imin 161-secs. —Waterford was second, and Terrific third. 27 horses started, and it was a very pretfcy race. The Town Plate was won by Grand Flaneur, with Sweetmeat second, and Progress third. Adelaide, March 7. Earl Kimberly, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has telegraphed to the Governor, declining with thanks the offer made by a number of Volunteers in this city to proceed to the Cape for service against the Boers.
Sydney, This day. Arrived: The Wakatipu from Wellington,*yesterday.
Authentic information has been received here from the Mount Poole Goldfields. in the Grey ranges 500 men are there, and perfect order prevails, but the Chinese have been denied access to the ground. The average yield up to the present has been ounce and a half per load. It is stated that the field is considered untenable unless rain falls as water is very short, only twenty of the miners are known to be on gold.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3803, 7 March 1881, Page 2
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361AUSTRALIAN. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3803, 7 March 1881, Page 2
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